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45tp VOL. XliVI. 0. 14,343. PORTLAND, OREGON, 3IOXDA1, NOVEMBER 26, 1906. PRICE FIVE CEXTS. DR.CRfiPSEY STEPS OUT OF CHURCH Bows to Decision ot Clerical Court REFUSESTO MAKE RETRACTION Episcopal Clergyman Was Found Guilty of Heresy. DOES NOT BLAME JUDGES 'Korio-n of ho Origin of .Tesnp. the Son of Man, Born Without Hu man Father." Ho Declares, Is Without Historical Basis-. PR. CRAPKEVS BELIEF IN BIRTH OF JESTS. I was rfllm-l when a careful tudy of the Holy Scriptures con vinced me that thin notion of the origin of JeFun wa without founda tion In history. Jftpus was not les sned In my worship. . He waa en- . noMed by this discovery. When I reached the conclusion, as I did Fom years ago. that the Infancy stories were not historical. I did not cease to relieve In, Jesus. I hHI.vd In him all the more, and I gtvA to the words "ronceivei by the holy Ehost. born of the Virgin Mary." an Interpretation that har monized with my knowledge of the facte He was child of the holy sed. sanctified from his mother's womb. A Son of fjod all the more, in my estimation, because he was the son of man. I have reason to know tht there are hundreds of clergymen and thou sands of laymen in the Protestant Episcopal Church who have reached the same conclusion that I have and. sir. I beg to say to them In this let ter to you that their position In the church Is Just as tenable as It ever was. Let my brethren within the church abide the Issue of this trial. For, when the great, triumph cf free thought has decided this contention the men who administer the church . In earth will conform to this decis ion It Is to this work of showing that God Is In man and man is In Cod that I consecrate the rest of my life. ROCHESTER. N. T.. Nov. 25. Bowing to the will of the church, but refusing to mike a "cowardly retraction" of the be lief which induced the church to termi nate his ministry. Rev. Algernon S. Crap sey. rector of St. Andrew's Church, of Rochester. N. T.. today renounced his ministry In the Protestant Episcopal Church in a letter to Eishop William Da vid Walker, of the western diocese of New York. In this letter. Rev. Mr. Crapsey re affirmed his belief that, the "notion of the origin of Jesus the Son of Man. born without a. human father." is without foundation in history- He also asserted that. "When I say of Jpsus that he as cended into heaven. I do not mean and cannot, mean that with his physical body of flesh, blood and bones he floated into space and has for 2V0 .years been exist ing somewhere in the fky. In that very physical body of flesh, blood and bones Such an existence would seem to me not glorious but horrible " Declaring that, he is about to carry the rate to the free intelligence and en lightened conscience of the world, he counsels the "hundreds of clergymen and thousands of laymen In the Protestant Epispocal Church who have reached the tame conclusion" as he has not to be dis missed and stay where they are. Decision Xot Pinal for Church. "I appeal," he says "from those in places of authority in the church and to the great body of people." He asserted that ha does not blame his Judges, and though he bows to their will and feels that it is final for him, he says, "I am equally confident that it is not final for the church. "When the great tribunal of free thought has decided this contention, the men who administer the church on earth will conform to this decision." Having let go of the "temporary and untenable Interpretation of the creed." he declares that he holds more firmly to the gospel. Tn his letter the Rev. Dr. Crapsey says: "Under existing conditions I deem it mv duty to make a formal and final re nunciation of the ministry of the Protest ant Episcopal Church and In consequence I ask that you will, for reasons as to time already given, not earlier than th 3d, not later than the 6th of December, take order under canon 31 of the general canons of the church to accomplish my deposition from the priesthood. Moral Integrity Inassailed. "I am certain that you will be glad to acknowledge that I am not compelled to this action by anything that centers on my moral integrity or calls In question mv faithfulness as a pastor. My sole difficulty lies m the fact that a long, careful and conscientious study of the Holy Scriptures has compelled me to come to certain conclusions concerning the' pre natal history of Jesus which are not in physical accord with the letter of th creed and since have compelled me ii order to hold the creed to give to cer "ain articles an interpretation that will harmonize them with the truth as. I find that truth in the teaching of the Holy Scriptures "But recent judicial decisions have de clared that anyuch harmonizing of the creed with my own convictions ot the truth Is not permissible in the Protestant Episcopal Church. In my own case I rec ognize the right o the constituted au thorities of the church to define the limits of Interpretation and in order to hold fast to the truth must let go of the creed as now interpreted by the courts "I am not now ar.d never have been conscious of any insincerity in giving such Interpretation to the various articles of the creed as are demanded by present conditions of thought and the present state of knowledge, any more than I am conscious of Insincerity when I say the sun rises and sets, though as a matter of fact the sun does nothing of the kind. GlTen Spiritual Interpretation. "If I am to hold the creed at. all I must give to certain if not all articles, a spirit ual rather than a literally heretical in- 3 X,f"' .- Rev. Algernon S. Crapsey, Who Renounce Ministry in the Protestant Episcopal Church. terpreta.tkm. When I say of Jesus that he ascended Into heaven. I do not mean that with his physical body of flesh, blood and bones. Such an existence would seem to be not. glorious, but horrible, and such a conception is to me not only unbeliev able. It is unthinlable. 'What I do mean by this phrase is that Jesus, having accomplished his work in the flesh, ascended into the higher life of the spirit. Also when I say of Jesus that he was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary. I do not mean that the great and living God. in order to get Into this world, had Co violate his wonderful law of human generation, break into sanctities of marriage and cause a son of man to be born without, a human father. Such a notion is most repugnant to my idea of a wise and holy God. " Convinced by Study of Bible. "I was not therefore alarmed.' I was re lieved when a careful study of the Holy Scriptures convinced me that this notion of the origin of Jesus was without foun dation in history. Jesus was not lessened in my worship. He was ennobled by this discovery. When I reached the conclu sion, as I did some years ago. that the infancy stories were not historical, I did not cease to believe in Jesus. I believed in him all the more, and I gave to the words 'conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the Virgin Mary.' an interpretation that harmonized with my knowledge of the facts. He was a child of the holy seed, sanctified from his mother's womb. A Son of God all the more, in my estima tion, because he was the son of man. "Now this conception of Jesus, based upon a careful study of Holy Scripture, is of the very warp and woof of any In tellectual and spiritual life, and it is not probable that it will ever change. I will carry it with me into that spiritual world where I shall see Jesas face to face. But I am told by Judicial decision that this conception is not permissible in the mind of a minister of the Protestant Episcopal Church. Honesty of the Judges. "I bow to that opinion. I cannot change my mind. I therefore leave the church. I do not blame my judges. They acted according to their light do not blame me If I follow my light, which is enlighten ing me to the everlasting day. But whether they blame me or not, I cannot do other than I do. I must obey God rather than man. "But while I thus feel that their de cision is final for me. I am equally cer tain that it Is not final for the church. I have reason to know that there are hundreds of clergymen and thousands of laymen in the Protestant Episcopal Church who have reached the same con clusion that I have, and. sir, I beg to say to them in this letter to you that their position in the church is Just as tenable as it ever was. "This Judgment affects no person ex cept myself. Let no - one be dismayed. Let every man stand in his place, speak his mind boldly' and the truth will soon have such a multitude of witnesses that all in the chuorch must hear. So con fident am I of the truth as it is the truth in Jesus that T appeal to those in places of authority In the church, to the church itself, to the great body of the people, secure in their wise,- sane, serene possession of the truth. "Again I exhort my brethren of like belief to stay where they are. I am about to carry our case to the court of the free intelligence and the enlightened conscience of the world, and if I win it there I will win for every church and every soul in Christendom. If I fail be fore that court it will be because I am wrong in my conception of truth; and then I will be glad to fall, for my con tention is not for ray conception, but for the eternal truth of God. "Let my brethren within the church abide the issue of this trial. For when the great triumph of free thought has decided this contention, the men who ad minister the church on earth 'will con form to this decision. It is to this work of showing that God is in man and man (Concluded on Page 3.) i DOCTOR SAYS LOVE IS A DELUSION Youths Should Be Compelled to Choose Mates as Fine Cattle Is Chosen. AMERICANS TOO NERVOUS Cause of Abnormal Susceptibilities, Declares Professor Grinker, of Chicago, Can Easily Be Traced Back to Our Forefathers. CHICAGO. Nov. 25. f Sped at) 'Tf the people of America would prevent the coming generations from inhabiting mad houses they should abolish indiscriminate marriages. forget that hallucination called love and choose their life partners on the Fame principle that a successful cattleman chooses his stock." In the above sentence Dr. Julius Grinker. professor of nervous and mental diseases at the Chicago Postgraduate Medical School, voices a warning to the American public of the great dangers which may. confront in the near future. He spoke to the Chicago Medical Society on "American Nervousness: Its Cause and Cure." Dr. Grinker eliminated all scientific terms from his lecture and told the audi ence in plain words of the nervous dis eases which were slowly but surely eat ing their way Into the lives of the peo ple of this country- Considerable stress was laid on the subject of niarriage and heredity and the great, evils which re sult from bad marriages were shown. . "Nerves". Are Inherited. "Like begets like." said he." "and the nervous system bows to the law. of all life the law of heredity; the law that governs your life and mine. If we are bundles of unstable nerves and abnormal susceptibilities, it is but little trouble to trace the cause back to our forefathers. "The youth of today should be edu cated and compelled to choose his mate in the way that fine horses and cattle are chosen. When a man comes to mar rying he should choose his wife in the same way that she chooses a new dress. "Love is a wonderful thing: it is a hallucination, an allusion, provided by Nature to cause men and women to mate, and to procreate the species. But love should be thrust in the back ground and relegated to the scrap-heap of wornout adages, if the health and security, of posterity is to be taken into consideration. ' "Do not have your children affected, with the evils that have been visited upon you. Stop falling in love with a pretty face, ' and get a wife who is healthy and will rear strong and whole some children. Records of Ancestors. "If there could be 2 law passed in this country by which men and women would be compelled to undergo physi cal examinations and have the records of their ancestors investigated before a marriage would be allowed, it would be the best thing that could possibly happen. If it were possible that this law could be passed hundreds of dis eases, ailments and ills would be eradi cated from the human race." Dr. Grinker spoke of the prevailing causes of nervousness, and told of the numerous little things by which the neurasthenic could be easily distin guished. America, he said, had more nervous people than any other country in the world, almost one member of every family in the United States being afflicted with some form or other of nervousness. Among the most nervous class, he said, women predominated. "You see thousands and thousands of nervous., women on the streets every day," said he. "and about !9 out of 100 should be in a' sanitarium. The shop ping habit is one -of the-great causes." The bringing up of children, he said, was the most important and the most ignored phase of the situation. SOLDIERS SIT ON THE LID SrTATT IS A QCIE DAY EV HAMIITOX. Several Streetcars Are Run, but Of ficials Are Fearful of Further Trouble in Canadian Town. HAMILTON", O., Cov. 25. Today was marked by unusual quiet on the streets, contrasted with the riotous srenes of the last two days. Several cars ran during the day and evening. In the outlying districts stones were thrown and blank cartridges were exploded under the wheels, but there were no serious hostile demonstrations. The soldiers camped in the armory under arms, awaiting a riot call, and the police reserves at the City Hal probably contributed toward the peace ful day. The railway officials, how ever, do not believe the trouble is at an end. The persons who were injured in the riots of Friday and Saturday are recovering. Big Bay by Rubber Company. MEXICO CITY, Nov. 25. According to the Herald the Continental Rubber Company has closed a deal for the pur chase of the Sabras Hacienda; and ad jacent property belonging to the Penna Brothers, of Torreon. The purchase price of the Sabras Hacienda is $4. OOO.OOX The price of the other brings the total price to about $6,500,005. The Sabras property consists of 2,000,000 acres, all of which contains EVENTS OF COMING WEEK President Shatters Tradition. President Bcosevelt Is expected to return to Washington this evening after one of the mo5t remarkable journeys eer undertaken ty an American Ctalet Executive. He has traveled thousands of miles by sea,, crossed the narrow strip of land which separates the Atlantic and Pacific -w here the Americas meet. In spected the work being done on the great isthmian canal and Incident ally shattered the tradition that an American President must not, dur ing his term of office, visit any land, other than his own. During his stay on the isthmus the President visited the Republic of Panama and for a time was under the protection of the Panaman flag. On his return .voyage he made a brief call at Porto Pico. Congress on Social Education. A congress for consideration of jnethods of social education will be held in Boston this we?k. Tha first session will be held on Friday and the meetings will continue for three days. Many authorities on social science will participate in the meet ings and take part In the discussion on a wide range of subjects. McCarren Will Appeal to Courts. An aftermath of the recent elec tion in New Tork Stat which prom ises to attract wide attention is scheduled for today. When a special committee, of the New Tork Ftate Democratic Committee will meet in New Tork City to investigate charges of party irregularity against Patrick H. , McCarren, the Demo, cratlc leader of Kings County. Jhe charge against McCarren Is that he . . instigated the "scratching" which cost "W. R. Hearst, the Democratic nominee for Governor, .so dearly In Kings County. MTcCarren has been quoted as say ing that he will make no defense before the committee, as he is con vinced that he will be removed as a member, but that he will carry the fight to the courts. Trial of Insurance Officers. Three officers of the Mutual Re serve "Life Insurance Company, who were indicted on charges of grand larceny and forgery following the in surance investigation of a year ago, will go on trial today. They are Frederick A. Burn ham. president of th company; OWirge D. Eldridge, vice-president, and George Burn ham, secretary. v Friends of Negro Soldiers Active. A mass meeting to voice a demand that; Congress make a full investiga tion of the dismissal from the Army of the negro soldiers of the Twenty fifth Infantry is scheduled to be held at Cooper Union. In Xew Tork City, next Thursday. Also some time dur ing the week a large delegation of ministers, with lawyers who have been retained on behalf of the negro soldiers, will visit President Roosei v.it at Washington and"urge him to reopen the case. ' Grand Opera iu New Tork. The grand opera season In New York will open Monday evening at the Metropolitan Opera-House with Gounod's "Romeo and Juliet. The season will continue about four months. Dedication of Ryan's Cathedral. Many of the most illustrious prel ates of the Roman Catholic Church In America will gather at Richmond, Va.. Thanksgiving day to take part In the ceremonies attending the dedi cation of the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart. The new edifice, which will take its place as one of the four greatest cat hed ra Is in th e coun try, is the gift of Thomas F. Ryan, the New Tork financier. Trial of Chester OUlette. The trial of Chester Gillette, charged with the murder of Grace Brown, his one-time sweetheart, which has attracted wide attention, will be.continued at Herkimer this week. The prosecution Is expected to finish its case early in the week and the defense then for the first time will show its' hand. , Football Match of Army and Navy, The big sporting event of the week will be the annual struggle for su premacy on the football gridiron be tween the Army and Navy. The match will be played at Philadelphia on Saturday. Heavy-Weight Championship light. A fistic battle for the heavy -weight championship of the world is sched uled for ThankFgiving day. The con testants will be Philadelphia Jack O'Brien and Tommy Burns, and the scsne of the conflict. Lop Angeles. New International Agreement. The diplomatic board will meet at Tangier. Morocco, November 2". for the purpose or considering the new international agreement and the en forcement of its provisions. The United States has not yet approved the treaty carrying into enforcement the agreement reached at the Alge ciras conference, but December 12 has been fixed as the date of its consideration by the United States Senate. Conference on Education Bill. A special emergency meeting of the National Liberal Federation has been called to meet in London No vember 27. The principal resolution at the conference will deal with the educatl on bill, which is at present agitating England and will declare that the return of the Liberal party to power has again raised the ques tion whether the House of Lords or House of Commons shall prevail, and furthermore, that the bill as It reached the House of Lords con tained the maximum of government concessions. The bill passed through its committee stage in the House of Lords November 22, after a dis cussion covering 15 days. Suit of Ca&tellane Creditors. The suit brought by the creditors of Count Boni de Castellane will be resumed before the Tribunal of First Instance In Paris November 23, when Maitre Cruppi, counsel for N Madame Gould, formerly the Count ess of Castellane, will reply to the arguments presented by attorneys for the crdltors. Guayale shrub. This shrub is also found on the other property purchased. DEATH LIST LESS UNDER NEW RULES During the Season Only Eleven Have Been Killed at Foot ball and 104 Injured. LAST YEAR 18 WERE SLAIN Effect on th Play of Higrti School Teams East and West Is Most Marked. According to Chi- . cago Tribune Statistics. CHICAGO. Nov. 25. Elevea dead and 104 severely injured Is the record of the football season ot 1!S. according to the resume of the season's accidents in the Tribune today. The?e figures are com pared with the casualties of 1S"6. when 18 pla.vers were killed and 15S severely in jured, and according to the Tribune, show thajt the "debrutalized" football has ac complished in a. large degree the object aimed at. in rendering the game less dan gerous to life and' limb. The decrease in casuaJUes is especially marked among high school players. In the season of l305. eleven high school players were killed and 47 injured. In the season just closed seven were killed and 25 were badly hurt. All the college and high school games this year were played under the new rules drawn, up af ter the close ot last season to satisfy the agitation for less . dangerous football, aroused by the long list. of casualties in the season of 1305.. . The value of the new rules is shown in the record in the big college games. This year not. one fatality has oocurred in the games played by the larger Ameri can colleges. The Tribune carries interviews with a number of college presidents and coaches East and West, in which the opinion 'is generally expressed that the new rules have achieved the' elimination of much of the brutality and danger to life and limb that characterized the game in former years, and that above all also it has made the game safer for high school boys. S3 REGIS VOICE METROPOLITAN MAYAGER SATS HE WTIili APPEAR VTEDXESDAY Italian Tenor . Himself Says He Knows Xo Reason Why He Should Not Finish Engagement. XEW TOPK. Nov. 2 It was stated tonight at the manager's office of the Metropolitan Opera House that Enrico Caruso's voice, which has been affected, had improved to such an extent that the tenor would positively appear Wednes day evening unless an unforeseen illness develops. Caruso himself, it-was said, was disposed to fill his engagement and was unaware of a reason why he should not. Caruso, is billed to sing Rudolfo in "La Boheme" to Mme. Bembrioh's Mimi. Slnco Caruso's conviction foe annoying women in Central Park, there have been persistent rumors that he would not ap pear in public at present. It had also been said that. Adreas Dippel, another tenor, had been rehearsing Rudolfo. tn anticipation ot being assigned to take Caruso's part: These reports, as well as another to the effect that the management feared an unfriendly demonstration against Ca ruso should he appear that might seri ously mar. the performance, have been repeatedly denied by Director Conried. It was admitted, however, that the singer's voice had suffered severely during his experience in court, and that this a- fection, unless corrrected. might inter fere with the programme planned. Tonights assurance that Caruso wsa quite . himf elf again seemed to dispose of this cont.ingejir.v. It was given out at the Opera House that only the usual police arrangements would he made for Wednesday evening as noth ing unpleasant was expected to occur. Caruso s appeal will be presented in the Court of Genera! Sessions tomorrow and his counsel expect that it will be entertained within a day or two. Xot Affiancer to Calve. MARSEILLES. Nov. 23. The suggestion that Eugene Higgins. of New York, was the fiance of Mme. Calve, the singer, was denied emphatically by Mr. Higgins him self tonight. KILLED IN JEWISH-THEATER Woman Meets Instant Death When Flooring of Lobby Gives Way. t Nr U A !-,:. X. J.. Xov. 25. Mrs. Re becca Schwarz was killed, a dozen other persons were badly injured and 15 more were l-3s seriously hurt to night when ,the flooring of the lobby of a hall used as a Jewish theater gave way, letting them fall to the floor be low. Some of the injured may die. HEADED FOR WASHINGTON Wireless Message Received From Battleship AVlth President Aboard. WASHINGTON. Nov. 25. A message received at the wireless station at the Washington navy yard and made public today from the battleship Louisiana, on which. President Roosevelt and party are returning from Panama by way of Porto Rico, announced that the battleship was 560 miles off Cape Henry at S o'clock last night. At the rate which the Louisiana ' is steaming she should reach the Virginia Capes at about 9 A. M- tomorrow. Secre tary Loeb left Washington today to meet the President when he transfers to the naval yacht in lower Chesapeake Bay. It is expected the transfer will be made at Wolf Trap'Light. Mayflower to Meet President. NORFOLK. VA.. Nov. 25. The Norfolk Navy-Yard tonight received a wireless communication from the battleship Lou isiana, conveying President Roosevelt from Panama. The message was for transmission to the Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department. Washington. At 8 o'clock tonight, the Louisiana was 20f miles southeast of Cape Henry. The message requested that the converted yacht Mayflower, now anchored in Hamp ton Roads, meet the Louisiana at 1 o'clock Monday afternoon, oft Piney Point in the Chesapeake Bay. The Mayflower will leave Hampton Roads early tomor row morning for the rendezvous. Mayflower Drops Down the Bay. NORFOLK. Va.'Nov. 23 It is re ported that the Mayflower, on which the President is to proceed to Wash ington after' his transfer from the Louisiana, was in wireless comrounica- J. F. Benin, Who Given Roman CathoUo Ca thedral to Rielunond, Va. tion late tonight with the Louisiana and as the result of the messages has dropped down the bay. Shonts Will Go to Panama. PANAMA. Nov. 25 Mr Shonts. chair man of the Panama Canal Commission, will leave tomorrow for New York. He will be ready to receive bids for canal contract tomorrow morning At Colon he will confer with all the chiefs of departments before sailing. Fairbanks Starts Xorth. JACKSONVILLE. Fla.. Nov. 25 Vicft- President and Mrs. Fairbanks left here today for Washington, where they will arrive Monday morning They were the guests, while here, of Senator and Mrs. James P. Taliaferro. . MUCH GOLD IN THE WRECK Eastern Men Secure Concession From Mexico for Recovery. MEXICO CITY. Nov. 25 A special to the Herald from Guadalajara says: B. F. Richardson, a capitalist of Penn sylvania, and C. W. Johnston, a Delaware man. have secured from the Mexican gov ernment a concession for the recovery of the gold that still remains in the hull of the Golden Gate, the American ship that was beached on the coast of Colima, a short distance from Manzanillo, in the Winter of liSl-ftf. Mr. Richardson is now in this city. Mr. Johnston recently left San Francisco for the scene of the wreck, accompanied by divers and other assist ants. The Golden Ga.te was on the way from San Francisco to New York, and carried nearly SI.500.AOO in gold coin, destined for New York banks. While heading toward Manzanillo. Are broke out aboard the ves sel, and in an attempt to save the pas sengers, the ship was run ashore. How ever, nearly 2n) persons were either burned to death or drowned. Of the amount, aboard the ship, between ISOOiOO and $IV),i was recovered some time, later. It is believed that there stjll remains in the hulk of the vessel, at least fcW.OOd in gold. CONTENTS TODAY'S PAPER The Weather. YEFTERDATF Maximum temperature, i degrees; minimum. 35. TODAY'S Fair, northerly -winds. National Timf of the Fhort session "f CnnerfSB will be mainlv taken up in passing appropri ation Din, rage 1. Doraefttir. Dr. Grinker says love tfi merely a hallucina tion. Pege 1. Drunken white man and negro kill Kaneaa City hotrl proprietor in attempt at hold up. ".ge . Eleven killed and 104 severely Injured In high school and football gamee. Page X. Riddle of the Sphinx eaJd to have been solved by Rev. J. W. Phillips, D. D., of Binghamton. N Y. Pago 2. Rev. A. P. Crapsey. convicted of heresy, renounces ministry In Protestant Epipco pal Church. Page 3. Train robber on the Chicago & Alton is rap tured alter looting the passengers. Page 5. Foreign. French torpedo school ship Algeciras de stroyed by 'fire in harbor at Toulon. Page 2. Ajchbishop of poFen found dead In chair in his study. Page 4. "Carmen Sylvia." Queen of Roumania, gives siKned report of Musband'd condition. Page 2. Quiet Sunday follows two days of rioting at Hamilton. Ont. Page !. Pacific Coast. Frank Dick, a young German. Ik shot down by a night policeman at Salem. Page 4. Frank W". Hunt, ex-Governor of Idaho, dies at Goldueid, Xev. Page 3. Citizens at Wilbur. Wash., seize coal be longing to the Northern Pacific. Page a. . Portland and Vicinity. Next Legislature will be asked to create many new offices. Page 9. Duclc-shooting improved as . floods recede. Page 5. Klamath Falls jurist says wife-beating la sometimes Justifiable. Page 9. Secretary, of North American Telegraph & Cable .Company en route to Washington to urge sale of Alaskan cables to his company. Page 12. Rev. Andrew Morrissey preaches on "Man's Duty" at St. Patrick's Cathedral Page S. Oregon locomotive firemen say they win support engineers in event of strike. Page 12. Hibernians honor memory of Manchester martyrs. Page 12. Charitable institutiens short of turkevR and other materials for Thanksgiving dinners. Page 5. Leoncavallo declares charges against Caruso at New York are falte. page 3. ' J : . - - Ml " ' ? $ . - rii ' & r ft " ' , ' i: ' "f - ' i i" J" 1 J- s - , ? SHIP SUBSIDY DILL IK DE PASSED Congress Will Work on Appropriations OTHER MEASURES MUST WAIT Demands of Rivers and Har bors Are Very Pressing. SESSION WILL BE BUSY Discussion in Both Houses Will Pave the Way for Legislation ot Importance at Next Long Term. OREGON! AN NEWS BUREAU, Wash ington. Nov. 25 Ttio indications ara that the short session ot Congress that opens Derember 3 and expires ty limita tion March 4 next, will not go down in history because of any particular achievement- It will b a busy session: all short sessions are, for three months is none too much time In which to perfect and pass the regular appropriation bills. Aside from this legislation, little of National im portance in likely to result. Following out recommendations made by the President in his annual message, tha House may frame, and possibly pass some sort of bill limiting inheritances; some bills proposing changes in the rate law. the pure-food law and the anti-trust law may be proposed and discussed, but nothing of this character is likely to get through the Senate. Nor is there the slightest possibility of the passage or even report of a. tariff bill. These problems are of too great im portance to be disposed of In a short session, but a limited discussion may serve to bring the various topics fairly before the country, and may result in leg islation at the long session of the next CongTess This was the course followed in the case of the railroad rate bill, and It. proved tn be a. wise move on the part of the Houe leaders. Chance for Ship Subsidy. There Is a possibility, if not probability, that the ship subsidy bill may be reported and passed this "Winter. The bill went through the Senate in February, but was not reported to the House because Speak er Cannon would not permit its considera tion. It is understood that a. majority o the committee on merchant marine la fa vorable' and will report instantly if tha Speaker withdraws his objection. The fact that Secretary Root at Kansas City so loiidly advocated subsidy legisla tion is taken to mean that the Adminis tration wishes such legislation enacted into law, and if thexAdmtnlstration exerts itself Cannon win be compelled to sub side. Once the subsidy bill goes befora the House with its 114 Republican majorl- ty. it will almost certainly pass, especial ly if it is officially made known that Pres ident Roosevelt wishes its passage. KivT and Harbor Bill Pressing. In addition to the regular appropriation hills there is to be a general river and; harbor bill this session, to provide money for continuing waterway improvements and to Inaugurate a number of new worka that have been recommended by tha Army engineers While efforts will be made to hold down this bill, it will reach, well up Into the millions before it goea to the President; it may be as large as any bill of the kind heretofore jvassed, for there are great projects demanding money in all parts of the country, an'l the commercial development of the Nation demands heavy expenditures on the im provement of the mora important harbors and waterways. Tha river and harbor bill is the only ap propriation bill that Is not absolutely nec essary; failure to pass any of the others would nooe.sslfa.ta an 'extra session, but the demand for the river and harbor bill will be so great this Winter that its pass ago will be well nigh imperative. Indeed, the party leaders have as yet shown not the slightest disposition to sidetrack this measure. Case of Senator Smoot. None of the important appropriation bills will reach the Senate before the middle or end of January, so that body will have considerable time to devote to debate. At' the outset the Smoot case will command attention. Senator Burrows, chairman of the committee on privileges and elections, having given notice that he will call up hi3 commit teo report the thjrd day of the session. The Smoot case being a ques tion of hlght-st privilege, will have right of way until disposed of. and there is prospect that Its consideration may occupy most, of the time before the holiday adjournment. The discussion is not likely to be confined strictly to the right of Smoot to his seat, but wiil probably branch out and lead to a protracted argument on the constitutional question of whether Smoot ran be excluded by a majority vote, or must be expelled by a two-thirds vote. Senator Burrows and Senator Du bois, leaders of the opposition, will talk largely on Marmonism. and Sena tor Sutherland. Smoot's colleague, will answer in behalf of the Mormon Sena tor. Much of the discussion by other Senators will be on the constitutional question raised by Dubois, who insists (Concluded on Pas 8.). ii !! 4 An o I